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PRICE:
$28.50
$28.50
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ARTIST
LACY, STEVE
TITLE
The Ictus Archives, Volume 1
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
ICTUS
CATALOG #
ICTUSRE 007LP
ICTUSRE 007LP
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
7/14/2023
The final two LPs in the latest Ictus batch,
The Ictus Archives Vol. 1
and
Vol. 2
(ICTUSRE 008LP), both draw on the same period that the veteran saxophonist produced
Clangs
and
Trio Live
, both recorded in 1976 during of two weeks that he was touring Italy with
Andrea Centazzo
, released in 1976 and 1977 respectively, and reissued in 2021's batch. Gathering four sides of material, issued as two individual LPs, here is an offering of incredible insight into that moment's striking collaborations with Centazzo and the bassist
Kent Carter
, forming in duo and trio configurations.
The Ictus Archives Vol. 1
and
Vol. 2
encounter
Steve Lacy
-- one of the giants of American free jazz -- already two decades into a career defined by brilliant collaborations with
Cecil Taylor
,
Don Cherry
, and
Thelonious Monk
, among others, as well as a sprawling body of visionary work as a leader. Like so much of his work leading into this period, it draws upon the saxophonist's belief that an artist should play what you feel, a position that Centazzo recalls as having torn down the curtain that separated his technique from his creativity. The first volume of Steve Lacy pieces from the Ictus Archives features five pieces: "Figment", "Coastline", "Swab", "Hooky", and "The Duck", encountering the saxophonist playing solo live renditions of some of his classic pieces from the period ("Coastline" appeared on his seminal FMP LP
Stabs / Solo In Berlin
) and in two duos with Andrea Centazzo, one of which, "The Duck" was previously issued as a solo piece (also on
Stabs / Solo In Berlin
) and now emerges in this new form. The recordings featured across the album's two sides were captured on February 18th 1976 in a concert in Udine Italy and have never before been issued in such a focus form. The lyricality of Lacy's playing sets them apart from the more brittle and textural temperance featured throughout much of the label's output. Crucial artifacts of the seminal saxophonist at the height of his career, never before encountered in these full concert formations, and thus pushing the historical importance of the Ictus reissue series to the next level. Cover picture by
Roberto Masotti
, courtesy of Lelli e Masotti archive.
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